You can download the latest version of Fbackup from:
https://www.fbackup.com/download.html
NOTE: Version 9 installs separately from the previous versions (doesn't overwrite those), and offers a way to import backup jobs from other detected versions.
Changes in FBackup 9.9.948 (22-October-2024)
- Updated: Danish language for the user interface
- Fixed: Independent test was not starting
- New: Backup plugin for PlantFactory
- Updated: New loading engine for Update window
- Fixed: Retries on cloud destinations
- New: Duplicate scheduler frequency options
- Updated: Amazon S3 regions
- Fixed: In some situations, preview on restore did not work
- Fixed: AV when trying to create resumable entry in history
- Added: Filters on the History page
- Updated: Italian language for the user interface
- Fixed: Online connections were not saved in some situations
- Updated: Important changes when using Google Drive as source
- Updated: Important changes when using Google Drive as destination
- Updated: Changes when using Gmail for email notifications
- Added: New backup plugin for Greenshot
- Updated: Multiple language revisions
- Fixed: Uninstall issues on unsupported Windows versions
- Fixed: Regional settings issue with cloud backups
- Updated: Compatibility with the latest Windows Insider Preview build
- Fixed: Error when restoring files from a smart backup in root of an external drive
- Fixed: Detection of invalid paths when backing up or restoring
- Fixed: Loading catalog on restore
- Fixed: Error when defining new online connection via New Backup Wizard
- Fixed: Google Drive compatibility fixes
- Added: New backup plugin for AnyDesk
- Added: New backup plugin for RustDesk
- Updated: Danish language
- Updated: German language improvements
- Fixed: Root folders not found on mirror backup to be removed
- Fixed: Google Shared Drive was not visible in some situations
- Fixed: Invalid backups for sources with Linux backslashes in filename
- Fixed: Renaming source folders on mirror backups returned warnings when running
- Fixed: Warnings after running mirror backups to Google Drive for files with split size set
- Fixed: "Open log folder" option was missing from the ribbon
- Fixed: Windows 11 Canary Channel was wrongfully identified as Windows 12
- Added: New backup plugin for Spotify
- Added: New backup plugin for Studio One
- Added: New backup plugin for Moneydance
- Fixed: Error uploading to Google Drive root folder (when no folder was selected)
- Fixed: Minor issue for mirror backups on Google Drive
- Fixed: Cannot switch between Dropbox Personal and Business in Online Connections options
- Fixed: Cannot add new source files/folders to existing backup job
- Added: Option to add sources from the "Shared with me" Google Drive folder
- Added: Option to set the "Shared with me" Google Drive folder as destination
- Added: New backup plugin for FL Studio
- Added: New backup plugin for Rambox
- Added: New backup plugin for Wondershare PDFelement
- Added: New backup plugin for OnlyOffice Desktop Editor
- Fixed: ID path processing on Google Drive
- Fixed: Sources using UNC paths for mirror backups were skipped
- Fixed: File already exists error when trying to create a new file
- Fixed: Files were uploaded in the root of Google Drive in some situations
- Fixed: Could not restore certain backups from Google Drive
- Fixed: Failure while trying to delete excluded folders
- Fixed: Restoring files and folders with long paths
- Fixed: Different folder case with obfuscate resulted in warnings
- Fixed: Mirrored files were copied multiple times in some situations
- Fixed: Test for cloud destinations
- Fixed: Backup not saved in catalog after test result with warning
- Fixed: Skipping files with incomplete paths
- Fixed: Files were tested multiple times after backup
- Fixed: Warnings on test after backup - for obfuscated files
- Fixed: Sign only using SHA2
- Fixed: Clean destination folder
- Fixed: HTTPS use for in-place installer update
- Fixed: False positive virus detection
- Fixed: Sources from Google drive were not working correctly
- Added: New backup plugin for Xplorer2
- Added: New backup plugin for AIMP
- Updated: Japanese partial translation
- Fixed: Job icon transparency
- Fixed: Failed to establish TLS connection error
- Fixed: Range check error in bTray.exe
- Fixed: Mirror Backup from Dropbox was backing up all files every time
- Fixed: Change default selection for files not fitting on CD or DVD media
- Fixed: Transparent icons for some UI elements
- Added: Backup plugin for Vyapar
- Added: Backup plugin for 1Password
- Updated: Polish translation
- Added: Backup plugin for EventSentry Light
- Added: Backup plugin for GoodAccess
- Added: Backup plugin for Shield Antivirus
- Updated: Finnish translation
- Fixed: Window position on second screen
- Fixed: Date and time of restored files and folders
- Fixed: Update progress in Progress View
- Fixed: Display issues when using 300% font scaling
- Fixed: Google authentication issues
- Added: Backup plugin for Bitrix24
- Added: Backup plugin for TallyPrime
- Fixed: Text spacing issues when 180% text size was used
- Fixed: "Cannot delete folder" warning for some backup jobs with plugins
- Fixed: Remove from backup catalog deleted files on blu-ray using mirror
- Fixed: Skip files having paths longer than 127 chars on CD/DVD/Bluray
- Fixed: Custom date filter was not working correctly in some rare situations
- Fixed: Outlook plugin included all files all the time
- Fixed: Application was very slow at during the "updating catalog" phase
- Fixed: Import error from version 8
- Updated: Polish translation for the interface
- Fixed: File is not a valid boolean value error
- Fixed: Application stuck during "updating catalog" phase
- Fixed: Error trying to write more data than space on optical discs
- Fixed: "Parent folder not found in tree" error for full backups with 1 version limit
- Fixed: Backup catalog versioning not storing versions in some situations
- Fixed: Multithreading status is shown in log
- Fixed: False "Cannot delete folder" warning for mirror backups
- Fixed: Custom number of threads option was ignored for multithreading in some situations
- Added: Backup plugin for Bitdefender Total Security
- Updated: Turkish language
- Fixed: Dropbox re-authentication was required for scheduled backups
- Fixed: List index out of bounds error for some GoogleDrive backups
- Fixed: Error when media burner was disconnected
- Fixed: Backup to CD/DVD did not perform retries
- Fixed: Jobs were not renamed if destination was in the cloud
- Fixed: Could not upload catalog to Google Drive in some cases
- Updated: Danish translation and strings for other languages
- Fixed: Restore pst/ost files created with block backup
- Fixed: "List index out of bounds" error
- Fixed: Thunderbird backup with warnings
- Updated: Danish language
- Fixed: Test/restore from LAN was not working correctly when password was used
- Fixed: Application froze when there were many backup versions
- Fixed: Statistics displayed erroneous information in some cases
- Fixed: Email notifications when using Gmail
- Added: Option to increase backup speed by using multiple parallel threads
- Added: Automatic resource allocation to improve job action speed
- Fixed: Duplicates were not allowed
- Fixed: Listing files when using Google Drive as a destination
- Fixed: Restoring from Google Drive error: Premature end of file reached
- Fixed: "Open from" did not show the available backup catalogs
- Fixed: Application freezes when trying to import jobs with many exclusions
- Fixed: Empty catalog cloning
- Fixed: Prevent bug reports in ExploreView
- Fixed: AV Error when triggering a full backup for a differential one
- Fixed: Cannot import jobs from v4
- Added: Show information about configuration jobs that cannot be imported
- Fixed: Could not start backup for empty tag
- Fixed: Access violation in module KERNELBASE.dll
- Fixed: File progress for mirror with zip
- Added: Backup plugin for Epic Browser
- Added: Backup plugin for ACDSee
- Fixed: Mirror with zip on Google Drive created duplicate files in certain situations
- Fixed: Restore mirror with zip showed an incorrect file date
- Fixed: Close VSS helper app when no jobs are running
- Fixed: Different file size for some mirror backups
- Fixed: Data error warning
- Fixed: Some occasional volume shadow copy issues
- Fixed: USN journal
- Fixed: Cannot import jobs with plugins from v8 to v9
- Fixed: List index out of bounds error for some specific backups
- Fixed: Duplicate files for Outlook backups in certain situations
- Fixed: Duplicate entries in FileVersions/FolderVersions for excluded files/folders
- Fixed: "All files skipped, nothing to backup error" for some backup jobs
- Fixed: Backup for files with long paths
- Added: Full compatibility with Windows 11
- Updated: Improved memory usage when backing up more than 1.5 million files
- Updated: Improved backup speed for backup types that use compression
- Updated: Improved test speed (faster CRC calculations)
- Fixed: Cannot delete folder warnings for mirror backups using encryption and obfuscation
- Updated: Portuguese language
- Fixed: Cannot restore mirror backup created with some specific plugins
- Fixed: Restore log text when using different location
- Fixed: File with special characters was not deleted from destination
- Fixed: Preparing shadow copy incorrect log message
- Fixed: Restore registry entries for some particular backup plugins
- Added: Automated file copy method switch to optimize backup speed for files larger than 1GB
- Added: Command line option to import backup jobs for all Windows users
- Updated: Slovenian language completed
- Updated: Romanian language completed
- Updated: Deleted zip files are included in logs too
- Updated: Log limit number of backups for all storages
- Updated: Mirror backup speed improvements
- Updated: Log files are outputted in UTF-8
- Updated: Implemented new Dropbox API
- Fixed: Limit backup versions was not working on Google Drive
- Fixed: Limit number of backups/files not enabled when editing properties
- Fixed: Test fixes for empty folders
- Fixed: Customize filter with Users folder was not shown in Explore View
- Fixed: Drag and drop source file/folder issue in some situations
- Fixed: Unneeded scroll into view when backup list progress is updated
- Fixed: Some notification settings were missing
- Updated: Romanian translation
- Fixed: Source folders were duplicated in rare situations for mirror backups
- Fixed: Crash when loading a backup job using a locked predefined destination
- Fixed: Restoring a backup using Google Chrome plugin on a different machine had errors
- Added: Warning notices with extra details for backup plugins
- Updated: Improved job import from previous versions
- Updated: Korean translation
- Fixed: Selecting a customized filter in rare situations returned an error
- Fixed: Folder filters when using non windows sources
- Fixed: Test and restore not working for imported v8 backups using IE favorites plugin
- Fixed: Invalid strings in some languages
- Fixed: Mirror VSS problems (backup was frozen in some rare situations)
- Updated: Brazilian Portuguese translation
- Updated: Dutch translation
- Updated: Slovenian translation
- Updated: Turkish translation
- Fixed: Error when selecting a customized filter in some situations
- Fixed: Crash in some situations when catalogs got larger than 6GB
- Fixed: Add folders window did not show the folders to be added in some cases
- Fixed: All files were skipped when use local catalogs was off and destination was USB
- Updated: Polish translation for the interface
- Updated: Italian translation for the interface
- Fixed: Warnings in rare cases when testing backup jobs using app configuration plugin sources
- Fixed: FBackup configurations backup warning in rare situations
- Fixed: Incorrect excluded or deleted flags for particular mirror backups
- Fixed: Volume shadow copy error for some backups using plugins
- Updated: Danish translation
- Updated: Finnish translation
- Fixed: Bad Request errors for backups to Google Drive in some rare situations
- Fixed: Testing ZIP files for backups with cloud sources had errors in some cases
- Fixed: In some situations include filters were not applied to folders
- Fixed: Time stamp was missing in ZIP files when using plugin sources
- Updated: Danish language
- Fixed: Loading backup jobs was slow for some particular backup jobs
- Fixed: Path was not found error in rare situations for full backups using plugins
- Fixed: Use only archiving bit did not work correctly all the time
- Fixed: Invalid backup error for full backups on large files in some situations
- Fixed: Overriding filters were not working correctly for some particular jobs
- Fixed: Catalogs were not included when using the FBackup plugin in some situations
- Fixed: Testing backup jobs using the FBackup plugin erroneously showed missing config files
- Updated: Better plugin management when opening backups
- Fixed: Warnings on backups that used obfuscation in certain situations
- Fixed: Files not found when testing backup jobs for Microsoft Outlook in some situations
- Fixed: Importing jobs with unavailable plugins failed in certain situations
- Fixed: Could not apply catalog patch error on backup jobs for some Firefox versions
- Fixed: SQL error on restore
- Fixed: Customize filters bug
- Fixed: "Lock destination" option was not saved in new backup wizard
- Fixed: Block backup for plugin sources failed in some situations
- Fixed: Backup to LAN when no user is logged on
- Fixed: Error when browsing for sources from cloud folders
- Fixed: Cloud destination upload for large files (over 6GB)
- Fixed: Block backup error for large files
- Fixed: Scheduler error in certain situations
- Fixed: Applypatch16 error for imported plugins
- Fixed: Add folder window was not resizable
- Fixed: Sources were listed two times in explore view
- Fixed: Block backup from Dropbox returned a zip error
- Fixed: Files were backed up every time in certain situations
- Fixed: Error with backup history reporting
- Fixed: Some extra mirror logging
- Fixed: Log import error
- Fixed: Icon not showing in open window
- Fixed: Plugin button position in sources
Changes in FBackup 9.0.261 (05-May-2021)
- Fixed: Import from old versions (i.e. v5) showed no history
- Fixed: Appcrash fix when using different source types
- Fixed: Large fonts display
- Fixed: AV when running a backup on two plugins
- Fixed: Some Google Drive sources are not considered
- Fixed: Filters are not saved correctly
- Fixed: Warning on test for backups to Google Drive
- Fixed: Error when importing backup jobs from previous versions with scheduled tasks
- Fixed: Warnings when running mirror backups for FBackup's configurations
- Fixed: Backup wizard issues
- Fixed: Links were open with Internet Explorer instead of the default browser
- Fixed: Import jobs window - order by name doesn't work correctly
- Fixed: Some files were backed up every time
- Fixed: Cannot restore backup with zip using a plugin
- Fixed: False missing warning for folders which exist
- Fixed: Plugin and upgrade fixes
- Fixed: My Documents backup plugin fix
- Fixed: Size of file in destination is different than size stored in catalogue
- Fixed: There are no source drives that support Volume Shadow Copy error on job import
- Fixed: Failed to restore error on imported mirror backup job
- Added: Old catalogs are renamed and kept when importing jobs from previous versions
- Added: Summary is saved to log file for easier troubleshooting
- Fixed: Previous executions were deleted when create full paths was disabled for imported jobs
- Fixed: Cannot create folder error (the parameter is incorrect)
- Fixed: Cloud to cloud mirror backup fix
- Added: Backup files from Dropbox
- Added: Backup files from Google Drive
- Added: Track time needed for upload/download when using cloud as source/destination
- Added: Multiple different source types in one backup job (plugin + cloud + local sources in one job)
- Added: Option to use HTTP in case HTTPS fails when checking for updates
You can read the changelog for different versions of FBackup here:
- FBackup 9.x [YOU ARE READING THIS]
- FBackup 8.x (previous version)
- FBackup 7.x (old version)
- FBackup 6.x (unsupported version)
- FBackup 5.x (unsupported version)